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The northeast corner of Somalia, comprising the tip of the great peninsula that juts out from Africa to turn the Red Sea. Since the fragmentation of Somalia, it has retained a separate government. See also Warasangali.
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unknown | ? | ? | Punt | ||
Parahu | fl. 1500 BCE | ? | Simultaneous with Itey. | Punt | |
Itey | fl. 1500 BCE | ? | Simultaneous with Parahu. | Punt | |
Unknown | ? | ? | Punt | ||
To Cushitic Clans | ? | ? | Islamicized by 12th century CE. | Punt | |
Unknown | c. 1600 | c. 1800 | Possibly 7 rulers during this time. | Punt | |
Maxamuud (Mahmud) IV | c. 1800 | 1815 | Harti | Punt | |
Cismaan ('Uthman) II | 1815 | 1842 | Punt | ||
Yusuf IV | 1842 | 1844 | Punt | ||
Maxamuud V ibn Yusuf | 1844 | 1860 | Punt | ||
Cismaan III ibn Maxamuud | 1860 | 1927 | Opposed by Yusuf ibn Cali and Cali ibn Yusuf. | Punt | |
Yusuf ibn Cali | 1878 | 1911 | Opposed Cismaan III. | Punt | |
Cali ibn Yusuf | 1911 | 1925 | Opposed Cismaan III. | Punt | |
Sayyid Muhammad 'Abd Allah al-Hasan | 1905 | 1911 | Governed the city of Nugal; called the "Mad Muhdi" by the Italians before being suppressed. | Punt | |
To Italy | 1889 | 1941 | Punt | ||
To Great Britain | 1941 | 1950 | Punt | ||
To UN Trust Territory | 1950 | 1960 | Punt | ||
To Somalia | 1960 | 1998 | Punt | ||
To Republic of Puntland | 1998 | Present | Punt | ||
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed | 1998 | 2001 | First President of Puntland. | Punt | |
Yusuf Haji Nur | 2001 | 2001 | Acting. | Punt | |
Jama Ali Jama | 2001 | 2002 | Punt | ||
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed | r. 2002 | 2004 | Punt | ||
Mohamed Abdi Hashi | 2004 | 2005 | Acting. | Punt | |
Mohamud Muse Hersi | 2005 | 2009 | Punt | ||
Abdirahman Farole | 2009 | 2014 | Punt | ||
Abdiweli Gaas | 2014 | 2019 | Punt | ||
Said Deni | 2019 | Present | Punt |
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